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Yahoo Search To Offer Abstracts of Search Results, Determine Intent
readwriteweb.com - 12/5/2008
Yahoo Search To Offer Abstracts of Search Results, Determine Intent
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Next year, Yahoo will introduce new technology to augment their Yahoo Search results: abstracts of key information alongside URLs. Instead of just offering a list of links, Yahoo's search results will include machine-extracted information that is relevant to the URL returned. Sound familiar? ...
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
amlawdaily.typepad.com - 12/3/2008
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
— amlawdaily.typepad.com — December 2, 2008 1:00 PM Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo Posted by Nate Raymond Litvack Google Inc. and... Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges ... (more) Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo

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Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers.
microsoft.com - 12/4/2008
Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet ...
— microsoft.com — Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008... — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu will lead ... (more) Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...

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Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/8/2008
Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
— kara.allthingsd.com — While there are layoffs all over now, as evidenced by the dismal jobs reports last week, the... long-planned Yahoo (YHOO) layoffs will definitely be taking place Wednesday. The layoff number was announced by its (eventually outgoing) CEO Jerry ... (more) Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details

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Yahoo Search Insight
John Battelle's Searchblog — Good insight from RWW on Yahoo Search plans: Next year, Yahoo will introduce new technology to augment their Yahoo Search results: abstracts of key information alongside URLs. Instead of just offering a list of links, Yahoo's search results will include machine-extracted information that is relevant to the URL returned. Sound familiar? The technology is very much like SearchMonkey, except for one thing: this time the technology is being built in-house and not by independent third-party developers. ...

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